SS vocab 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mandate of heaven | god given heavens orders |
| dynastic cycle | historical pattern of the rise, decline, replacment of dynasties |
| feudalism | nobles are granted land that belongs to their king in exchange for loyalty, military service and protection |
| filial piety | respect shown by children for their parents and elders |
| bureaucracy | system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government |
| Daoism | philosophy of "go with the flow" and do not change nature |
| Legalism | philosophy like the Hammurabi code that the political group found |
| Yin/Yang | chinese thought that two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life |
| autocracy | ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner |
| confucianism | system of philosophical and ethnical teachings founded by Confucius |
| civil service | employees are hired on the bases of their scores on examinations |
| monopoly | groups exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods |
| assimilation | adoption at a conquerors culture by a conquered people |
| silk road | system of ancient caravan routes across central asia along which traders carried silk and other trade goods |
| patriarchal | father is head of family |
| matriarchal | mother is head of famil |
| indo-european | group of semi nomadic people who began to migrate from southern russia to the indian sub continent |
| steppes | dry, grass covered plains |
| migration | act of moving from one place to another |
| aryan | indo-european people who began to migrate into the indian sub continent |
| vedas | four collections of sacred writings produced by the aryans during an early stage of there settlement in India |
| brahmin | in aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests |
| caste | one of the four classes of people in the social system of the Aryans who settled in India |
| Mahabharata | a great indian epic poem reflecting the strugges of the Aryans as they moved south of india |
| Tamil | language of southern india also the people who spoke it |
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